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Set up Tavily Search MCP in Cursor

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1

Locate the config file

Cursor reads MCP server configuration from the following file:

.cursor/mcp.json

Create this file if it does not already exist.

2

Add the configuration

Add the following to your Cursor config file:

json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "tavily-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "tavily-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "TAVILY_API_KEY": "YOUR_TAVILY_API_KEY"
      }
    }
  }
}
3

Set up environment variables

Tavily Search MCP requires the following environment variables:

TAVILY_API_KEYRequired

Tavily API key

4

Verify it works

Restart Cursor. Tavily Search MCP should appear in your MCP server list with 2 tools available.

This server adds approximately 1,030 tokens to your context window for tool definitions.

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